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WELSH RADICALS' REVOLT. J ^OGRAMME OF CARDIFF | CONVENTION. tfti Bha Welsh revolt is now assuming practical en III view of the forthcoming confer- Welsh councils at Cardiff, fixed for I prox., an important meeting of the I 'Rv.j executive was held at Shrewsbury on H^^rman T. J. Hughes (Bridgend), c ha ir- thc*L executive, presided, and among Present were: —Messrs. Lloyd-George, j{" •» Humphreys-Owen, M.P., Herbert Lewis, *Hd"' "^ran^ Edwards, M.P., Richard Jones, Jj Earner from Montgomeryshire; Mr. °nes-Davies (Carmarthenshire), Mr. Eger- «3vt "^len (Pembrokeshire), Alderman Tutton („ 1a-Qeea), Alderman Edward Thomas Mr. Alfred T. Davies and Mr. W. G. wrj (Denbighshire), Mr. S. N. Jones (Mon- Y0 utashire), and Mr. Evan Davies (Carnar- secretary. Kip, genera.1 line of policy to be reoom- coif *or adoption by all the Welsh D°ils at the coming convention was fully 3ra(UeSe<i and adopted with unanimity, a jj, "ing sub-committee being appointed to the agenda and resolutions. jj. 0 Sive effect to the decisions arrived at, all the Welsh county councils and 0r °a-tion committees, irrespective of party VeJ?6ct' will be officially invited to the con- ^ai seats will be reserved in the jcony for non-delegates admitted by tickets the direction of the executive. Public Oth.eting-s, addressed by Mr. Lloyd-George, lniner Welsh members, and the most pro- f0jj °t English Free Church leaders, will G0w the convention. On rea^ emphasis was laid by the executive the character of the convention, c"> it was claimed, practically aims at ^tlratin'= in one solid body every public °t *n ^es to °PPose the application *0ri "Ooercion Act" in any Welsh area; lhe Para*mount necessity of a great sacri- Co "eing made by delegates to attend the tj.Teiition, and by the public to give prac- t{ effect to its decision, was strongly Subsequently, a still more important %1 Wae developed. A number of special l^J^tas, representing each of the Welsh Conformist connexional organisations, %hP "^ith the executive, and had placed before l>y Mr. Lloyd-George the details of what been considered and provisionally agreed II t>y the executive. STRONGSY-WOEDED EESOLUTIO^ Of Josiah Thomas (Liverpool), ch^fra&n ^itt ^'eleh Congregational Union, eub- the following resolution, which, he ^oaii been unanimously and enthusias- ms lly adopted by the executive of the Union Preceding day:- v this executive committee desires, on w.ftalf 0f the Congregational Union of to express its deep resentment at OA? Massing of the Welsh "Ooeroion Act," X^Wly called the "Education (Defaulting ^Orities) Act, 1904." It regards the Act a direct and deliberate attack upon the llotitution-A-1 liberties of the subject, and as v ^constitutional attempt to coerce Weleh J^^nformists into contributing from local *^tion towards the maintenance of domination al institutions. Further, ?^ing regard for the fact that this Act has passed in the face of the most empha- tic protest of five-sixths of the Parliamen- tary representatives of the Principality, that at the county council elections in ~*arch last the electors of every county in "ales by an unprecedentedly overwhelming Majority gave their representatives on these councils a definite mandate not to vote local t.ateg towards the maintenance of institu- in which religious tests are applied, or hich are not under complete and direct Popular control, and that, in consequence, nis Act is an unconstitutional attempt to ^er-ride the constitutionally-expressed ]shes of the electorates, this committee, .^Presenting the Congregational Union of tales, expresses its emphatic approval of e already declared intention of the Welsh to oppose in every possible manner application of the "Coercion Act" to J_ales, and confidently calls upon all Welsh a ngregationalÏRtB in every education uthority area in Wales to give their support to the county councils J1 "whatsoever action they may deem it pessary to take for the due assertion of rights of conscience, and the due pro- •^tion of our constitutional rights as rjtizens; that copies of this resolution be Mr. Balfour, Sir William Anson, Mr. 5°rant, the chief Liberal Whip, Mr. Lloyd- ^?°rge, and tbo secretary of tbe executive the Welsh County Councils Association. tv18-1' resolution, said Mr. Thomas, strong it was, but faintly expressed the indignation and abhorrence with JJieh Welsh Congregationaliets regarded this upon their liberties, and their stern lik ^ination to fight in defence of those Arties. AWAITING 4 £ AE0HING ORDERS. J^f&reeentatives of the other denominations in equally strong terms, and a letter ta "Emitted from the Rev. Dr. Oliver, secre- j> of the Welsh Free Church Council bJuration, declaring that that body was jJ^l>ared to co-operate in any and every 8ttre which might be resolved upon in ^j,rehce of their principles, and that the Free j^lrchee were now only awaiting their J^ching orders from the Welsh, members Jp the Welsh executive. — r. Humphreys-Owen, M-P-, said that he WiJ<I nofc Bpeak for Nonconformists, but assert that Liberal Churchmen were determined with Nonconformists to thig measure the most determined and ^f^Qpromising opposition. Among his t]j recollections was the fight to remove disabilities of Nonconformists in the jHfVerBities, and it was with profound plea- that now in old age he associated him- Mth a movement to secure the same i.^ity for teachers in elementary schools. the decisions of the executive were by the combined conference with unanimity. Lloyd-George expressed himself as gratified with the reception accorded >ie^ls Proposals, and after the expressions of given that day he said he bad every Vi'06 in going to the convention at Wales was now roused as she had I*, ,r been before, and whatever the battle (y>st, her she was not going to retreat the position she had taken up.

lIARD DRINKING COLLIER. A CASK OF PORTER AT CLYDACH VALE, Ren ^^jamin Goodwin, collier, Clydach Vale, Charged at Pontypridd Police-court on Of t^Bday with stealing a cask of porter, 15 value of 10s. 6d., the property of Mrs. jjJv°^ds, Yarion-street, Clyda-ch Vale. /?■ Reynolds stated that she was aroused Hoi^e .early hours of Sunday morning by a riii, In the house. She, however, eaw no V^' and subsequently found a cask, which tapped, missing. CtncIa of the defendant stated that the U)r^p called on Sunday morning about o'clock for some intoxicants. When was none in the house he asked to send his boy and fetch some as In i a cask of beer and a bottle of whisky 18 Mother's house. This request was It able Thomas stated he found the cask at defendant's house on the day tli0 When charged with the offence Vi j pendant said, "I tapped it and helped (teffc,.1?'1 it. I know nothing about it tig, to the charge of stealing). L*t fk"ndznt said he had been drinking a deal of whisky, beer, and porter on d-oturd'ay nig'ht, and did not know what Having detailed the quantity he toe added that he was a hard worker. Residing Magistrate: Not only are you hq,f3 "Working man, but I think you are drinker, too. (Laughter.) .A g^Qdant: Yes, sir, worse luck. £ 3, or the usual alternative, was

TERRIBLE CRIME IN THE RHONDDA V ALLEY.-See Page 7.

FOREMAN KILLED BY TRAM- CAR AT NEWPORT. At the adjourned inquest on Wednesday as to the fatal tramcar accident on Friday last by which Charles F. Stott, yard foreman in the Ebbw Vale Company's service, met his death, a witness gave a vivid description of the incident. This was George Robins, fruit hawker, who was wheeling his barrow behind the tramcar by which the deceased travelled. As the de- ceased alighted in Lewis-street he hurried across the road, and did not notice another car coming from the opposite direction. Robins shouted to the deceased, and re- marked, There's a dead man coming." The car caught Stott, and carried him seven or eight yards before it was stopped. The car was travelling about seven miles an hour, and it was impossible for the driver to see the deceased. Several bells were rung, but he could not say from which car they proceeded. Mr. Laney, clothier, who was standing in his doorway, noticed the car on which the deceased was travelling. He saw Stott standing near the steps of the car as if he was anxious to alight quickly. Witness saw the deceased turn around to go towards Lewis-street, and warned him. as he saw another car approach. Stott was knocked down, and carried along until the car was stopped. The jury returned a verdict that death was due to concussion of the brain; and that no blame was attached to the driver of the car.

KILLED ON THE RAILWAY AT LLANFAIR. A carpenter named John Powell, from Castle Caereinion, in attempting to board the Llanfair light railway excursion train whilst in motion outside Welshpool missed his footing, and. slipping on to the rails, was mangled to death. A carriage was derailed. The pathetic character of the tragio occurrence was deepened by the fact that deceased's aged father was aboard the train which killed his son.

LAD'S HEAD SEVERED FROM HIS BODY AT LLANELLY. On Monday the Llanelly deputy-coroner (Mr. Martin Richards) investigated the circum- stances attending the death of a youth named Mortimer Thomas, who was killed instan- taneously on Saturday while attempting to cross the line at the copper works.—Edward O'Shea, a haulier, stated that whilst removing trucks of cinders from the mills, and as he was passing the ooal stores, Mortimer jumped out of the window on to the line. He came down on his feet, but then swerved to the right and fell. The wheel of one of the trucks crashed into the head of the deceased.—A verdict of "Accidental death" was returned.

FATAL ACCIDENT AT MERTHYR. On Friday afternoon a sad fatality occurred at Messrs. Hill's Plymouth Company's works at Abercanaid, Merthyr. Hugh Williams, aged 56 years, a mason, was employed in pulling down an old wall, which was undermined. The structure fell upon him, burying him up to the thighs, and his injuries were so severe that he died soon afterwards.

DOG COSTS A MAN'S LIFE. At an inquest on Friday at Blaengarw a. verdict of "Accidental death" was returned in the case of Thomas Davies, aged 51, an ostler at the International Colliery, Blaen- garw, who died from injuries received through jumping off a portion of a journey of trams which had run wild through the draw-bar breaking on the steep incline leading to the No. 2 level. A companion managed to jump clear, but Davies waited and tried to aave his dog, which was in the tram, and by the time he did eo the journey was moving at a rapid rate.

TIN-PLATER'S TRAGIC DEATH. While following his occupation at Clayton Tin-plato Works, Pontardulais, Mr. Edward Hamer, a married man. 66 years of age, residing in Woodville-street, Tynybonau, mat his death under tragic circumstances. He was working at a mortar machine, when the strap of the regulating wheel snapped, causing the wheel to break in pieces. Earner's head was smashed, and death must have been instan- taneous.

KILLED BY THE CAGE. An inquest was held on Saturday at Ponty- cymmer into the death of a collier named Jenkin, who died from injuries received at the Ffaldau Collieries on Monday. A hitcher named Griffiths said that Jenkins was cross- ing the pit to give him assistance, when the cage alighted upon him. Mr. S. H. Stockwood was the coroner, and a verdict of "Accidental death" was returned.

RAILWAY FATALITY NEAR CARDI- GAN. The inquest on the body of James Edwards, who was killed on the railway near Cilgerran, was held at Cwmplysog, Cilgerran, before Mr. Ivor Evans, coroner for North Pembrokeshire. Evidence was given showing that the body was found on the railway on Monday. The deceased lived at Cardigan, and was sup- posed to be on his way home when he was overtaken by the last down train to Cardigan and killed. The body was terribly mangled, one hand and one foot being attached to the trunk only by the tendons.-A verdict of "Accidental death" was returned.

CHILD KILLED BY A BULL. The inquest on the body of Esther Evans, a child five years and eight months old, who was found dead in the farmyard of Tygwyn, Verwig, Cardigan, was held on Saturday,! before Mr. J. H. Evans, coroner. The child was the youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Evans, Tygwyn, and on Thursdav was seen at the gate of the farmyard watching the herd of fourteen cows and a bull. The cows went to their sheds and the bull to a smaller shed in the opposite direction near the child. The herd were driven by the mother of the deceased and a servant boy, and after the animals were driven in the child was found dead on the ground, with a punctured wound in the outer left ear and an incised wound inside, the blood being coagulated on the ear and cheek.—The Coroner, in his remarks, spoke strongly on the practice of farmers of the district of sending their young children to fetch in the cattle, and on this occasion, although it had been stated the bull was docile, evidence had been given to show he pawed and bellowed.—A verdict was returned that the child's death was attributable to the bull accidentally throwing his head and striking the child on the ear.

KILLED AT LANDORE TUBE WORKS An inquest was held at Landore Police- station on Saturday on the body of John Flynn, aged 26, who was drawn into the rolls at the Manncsmann Works, Landore, and was killed—A verdict of "Accidental death" was returned, no fault being attributed to anyone for the unfortunate occurrence.

FATAL FALL OVER A WALL. An inquiry was held at the polioe-station, Newbridge, on Monday by Mr. Roberts-Jones touching the death of John Hopkins Pro- bert, timberman, who died on Friday as a result of an accident on August 30. It appeared that deceased was running after his wife down the garden, and when reach- ing the bottom he slipped and fell over a wall 64ft. high.-Dr Ryan said death, in his opinion, was caused by fracture of the base of the skull.-Verdict accordingly.

FATAL HORSE KICK. An inquest was held on Wednesday at Nantyfyllon by Mr. Cuthbertson touching the death of Caleb Perkins, aged eighteen years, collier, No. 1, Homfray-streot, Nantyfyllon. The deceased was injured on the 6th inst. by a kick from at horse at Coegnant Pit, and he died on Sunday night. Medical evidence showed that death was due to peritonitis. Verdict: "Accidental death."

CHILD'S FATAL FALL FROM A CRADLE. An inquest was held on Tuesday by Mr. M. Roberts-Jones (coroner) at the Garndiffaith Police-station upon the body of a ten months old child, named Morgan Jones, son of Mr. and 11m. Jones, oi Incline-row, Varteg, who fell out oi its crad'e and died.-Dr. Williams, Varteg', who examined the body, said he found compression of tlio brain, which he thought was caused by hemorrhage sotting in after the child's fall L-om the cradle.—Verdict accordingly.

ADOLF BECK'S DOUBLE. SENTENCED TO FIVE YEARS' PENAL SERVITUDE. At the Central Criminal Court, London, on Thursday, William Thomas, 65, journalist, known as Adolf Beck's double, pleaded guilty to having stolen jewellery from young women. Mr. Mathews said that pnsoner's modus operandi was to accost young ladies in the street and pretend that he was a person in a good position wlto required a housekeeper. He would offer to buy them dresses and jewellery, and by means of fraudulent devices he obtained the property the subject of the charges. Counsel proceeded to deal with two statements made by prisoner, in which he said that his real name was William Augustus Wyatt and that he had served as a surgeon in the Austrian-Prussian War. In some par- ticulars, relative to the dates at which he said I he was absent from England, the statements were not correct. There was evidence to prove that in 1882. in an assumed name prisoner was practising as a doctor in Adelaide and living in great style. Leaving Adelaide prisoner went to Berlin, and was again in London in 1896, where he was conducting a. jewellery business until 1897. Between these dates it had happened that a number of frauds, similar in all their details to those to which prisoner had pleaded guilty, were perpetrated upon a number of women, and in respect of one of them a Mr. Adolf BECK WAS ARRESTED. He was tried at that court in March, 1896. and, eleven witnesses having spoken to his identity, Beck was convicted and sentenced to seven years' penal servitude. It was now perfectly clear (continued counsel) that it was another person who perpetrated the frauds in regard to which Mr. Beck was convicted. This sy.stem of victimising women was continued in February and March of the present year, and Mr. Beck, who had served his sentence, was again arrested, identified, and a second time convicted, but the judge postponed sen- tence. On July 7 Thomas, who after Beck's first conviction had returned to America, paid a visit to two women, and, going through the usual story with a view of victimising them, was arrested, and, as a result, Mr. Beck received the King's pardon in respect of each of the convictions recorded against him. When the mistake was made clear the autho- rities made all possible speed to release Beck, who had all along strenuously denied his guilt. The Government had ordered an inquiry into the circumstances attending Mr. Beck's convictions, and there could be no doubt that the fullest investigation would take place in the best. interests of the public. In conclusion, Mr. Mathews said that it was desirable to state plainly that, in the opinion of the authorities, in regard to each of the convictions they were wrong. Asked what he had to say before sentence was passed, Thomas said, I am exceedingly sorry." Justice Phillimore said that prisoner had been guilty of mean and despicable frauds, and had aggravated his offences by allowing an innocent man to suffer. He ordered prisoner to be kept in penal servitude for five years.

SOHù STABBING CASE. ITALIAN SENT TO PENAL SERVI- TUDE. At the Old Bailey Raphael Oicline, 32, kitchen porter at a. 3oho club, ^as sentenced to eight years' penal servitude for the manslaughter of James Albert Lee, by stabbing him in the course of a fight. It was stated that while in the infirmary at Brixton \l CICLINE. Gaol Circline attempted suicide by swallow- ing a box of brass buttons. Prisoner's counsel said that Cioline was defending a woman from an attack by roughs in Soho, and the man declared that he was innocent.'

VANISHED BRIDE. DRAMATIC DISAPPEARANCE ON EVE OF WEDDING. The mysterious disappearance of a bride on the eve of her marriage is reported from South Shields. The young lady is Miss Mary Evelyn Red- mayne, who was to have been wedded on Wed- nesday to Mr. Evelyn Wood, a young gentle- man very well known in the town. They had been engaged for over a year, the bride being 21 yea.rs of age, and the bridegroom 23. On Tuesday morning there was no hint that anything dramatic was about to occur. The wedding cake and numerous presents had arrived, and all the arrangements for the wedding breakfast completed. At dinner time Miss Redmayne was in her usual spirits, but about four o'clock in the afternoon she went out for a walk and failed to return. A note was afterwards found in her bedroom in which the bride said she could not take the contemplated step. "l have gone away," she added, "and don't try to trace me." For the moment nothing has been heard of her. Mr. Wood, the bridegroom, is terribly distressed at the occurrence, and is reported to be seriously ill. It is generally thought that the young lady may have gone to friends abroad.

DEADLY AGARICS. EATEN IN MISTAKE FOR MUSH- ROOMS. A Cardiff family has suffered grievously through eating poisonous fungi in mistake for mushrooms. The facts are that on Sunday William Harris, aged about thirteen, son of John Harris, coaltrimmer, 17, Little Frederick-street, Cardiff, went out into the country on his bicycle in search of mush- rooms. TIe returned in the evening with his handkerchief full of them. Some members of the family were away keeping up a christening. Those at home partook of the mushrooms in a raw state, with the result that the lad William and his sister Catherine I (3) have died from enteritis. Mr. Harris, who ate half a raw mushroom, was for some time in a precarious state, but is now pro- gressing favourably. His child Maggie, aged eleven, on Wednesday night developed similar symptoms, in a milder form. Dr. J. J. Bnist (police-surgeon), who is in charge of the case, is sanguine that both father and daughter will recover. Mr. Harris and his child Maggie are now progressing favourably.

DIVORCE DECREES. Mr. Justice Bigham, sitting in Vacation Court on Wednesday, made absolute the decrees in 43 divorce cases. His lordship will be succeeded next week as Vacation Judge I by Mr. Justice Warrington, who will dispose of all vacation business for the remainder of the sittings.

FOUR DEGREES OF COMPARISON. THE PIECE-WORK STROKE. THE DAY-WOEK STROKE, THE CORPORATION STROKE. THE WORKS DEPARTMENT STROKE.

DEATH UNDER CHLOROFORM AT CWMCARN. An inquest was conducted at Abercarn Police-station on Monday by Mr. M. Roberts- Jones relative to the death of Mrs. Celia. Carter (51). wife of Mr. Joseph Carter, house agent, 21, Llanover-etroet, Owmcarn, who died on Sunday whilst under chloroform. From the evidence it appeared that deceased was suffering from cancer, for which she had been opera-ted upon on two previous occa- sions. There were three medical men present on Sunday for the purpose of conducting another operation in order to remove the growth of cancer. Chloroform had been administered, when it was noticed that Mrs. Carter had stopped breathing. The opera- tion was enapentied, and she again began to breathe, but died in a few moments.—The jury agreed to a verdict of "Death from failure of the heart's action whilst under chloroform."

ATTEMPTED SUICIDE AT MERTHYR A man named Thomas Joseph Gill, between 35 and 40 years of age, was on Monday dis- covered very ill in the back-yard of the Red Cow Inn, Glebeland-street, Merthyr, and he admitted having taken some copperas, saying that he could not get work and wanted to finish himself. A woman named Mrs. John, living in Wheatsheaf-lane, administered an emetic, and Police-constable Preece also applied the same means of restoration. The man was afterwards conveyed to the work- house infirmary, when the stomach-pump was used and he became much easier. He explained that he was a plumber and gas fitter, belonging to Birmingham, where he had a wife living, and that he had come to South Wales in search of employment, which he had failed to find. He came to Merthyr on Saturday, and took lodgings at the Red Cow Inn, where he slept that night and the night following.

TRAGIC AFFAIR AT CINDERFORD. Mr. Thomas Probert, a well-known resident of Cinderford, was found shot by a revolver on Saturday. He had for many years carried on a drapery and millinery business in Com- mercial-str-eet. On Saturday Mr. and Mrs. Probert were in the office together, and he, it is stated, suddenly snatched up a, revolver which lay near at hand, and brandished it in the air. When Mrs. Probert failed to induce him to put it down she threatened to tele- phone for assistance, and at this juncture Mr. Probert is stated to have put the weapon to the right side of his head and fired before it was possible to do anything to prevent it. After lingering for three hours he died. He was 55 years of age. The bullet remained in the head, and its exact position could not be located.

DISTRESSING DEATH OF A SWANSEA J.P. The death took place at Cardiff, under somewhat distressing circumstances, of Mr. Michael Roche, J.P., FfYnone Villa, Swansea. Mr. Roche passed away on board the steamship Medway, which arrived at the docks from Belfast at a.bout six o'clock. When the steamer came into port Mr. Roche was unwell, and had been ill from the time tlve vessel left Belfast on Saturday night. Captain M'Millan at once sent ashore for medical aid, and Dr. Anstey Chave was called in, but Mr! Roche died at about eight o'clock. He was 65 years of age. There will not be an inquest, as Dr. Chave, being satisfied as to the cause of death, has given a certificate. At Swansea Police-court on Monday Mr. Rowel WatkinS referred to the death of Mr. Roche, and said that he had been a magis- trate for ten or twelve years, and was a man of calm and deliberate judgment, and always an agreeable colleague. Deceased was an Irishman, a prominent Roman Catholic, and one of the best-known men in Swansea. He carried on extensive commercial agencies in France, Ireland, and other parts.

FOUND DEAD IN^BED AT PONTY- An inquest on the body of a woman named Mary Ann Long (69). who was found dead in her bed on Sunday at her residence, Yew Tree Cottage, Tranch, Pontypool, was held at the Town-hall, Pontypool, on Tuesday by Mr. M. Roberts-Jones (coroner).-Dr. Rowland Hill said tha.t dea-th was due to failure of the heart's action, and the jury returned a verdict to that effect.

WELSH SABBATARIANISM. Welsh Sabbatarianism, by the way, eeems to be fully equal to the Scotch brand. The Merionethshire County Council were horrified to learn last week (says "Truth") that the medical superintendent and patients at a home for habitual drunkards at Dinas Mawddwy "desecrated the Sabbath by fish- ing, shooting, and golfing," and it was unani- mously resolved that the licence of the establishment should be renewed only on the condition that all such wicked practices were discontinued. No doabt these Sabbatarian councillors know tha.t it is an important part of the treatment of the ineibriates to keep them constantly interested and engaged in healthy amusements and games. It would seem, however, th-at they regard their own narrow-minded notions on Sunday obser- vance as of more consequence than the reformation of inebriates, and eo these unfortunate patients at Dinas Mawddwy are -if the council have their wuy-^to be con- demned to pass one day a week in a pious gloom, which will be admirably calculated to set up a cwi"~ "or drink- Fortunately, it rests with th" ic <. 'etaa-y to decide whether the conditio ritipj&tf by the council shall be enforced ;i;.d I can hardly believe that he wiU oonut» T E thing" BO foolish.

SWANSEA WOMAN FALLS FIFTY FEET, A shocking fatality occurred on Tuesday afternoon on the Gower coast, between Brace- let and Langland Bay, to a married woman from Swansea, the scene being the long and awkward path along the cliffs. Mrs. Morgan, of 6, Rodney-street, Swansea, the wife of a shipwright, went to Mumbles by the two o'clock train, with two female friends, and I walked to Langland Bay. While they were returning along the dangerous path, at a spot where the cliff overhangs, with a fall of 50ft., Mrs. Morgan was observed to fall over the abyss. There was no help available within a II mile or so on either side, and it was, probably, I.Ul hour before the body was recovered from the recks. Mrs. Morgan had evidently been killed instantaneously, her skull being smashed, and her face rendered almost un- recognisable. Sergeant Hopkins, of the Mumbles Police- station, on receiving information despatched Police-constable Burns with the ambulance and ropes, and the body was with great difficulty brought to the top of the cliff. Dr. Marks, of Mumbles, was called to the scene at the same time, but life had been for some time extinct. The coastguard and other persons also rendered valuable assistance. The husband of the woman was immediately summoned from Swansea. In conversation with our representative, he said that his wife was 60 years of age, and was out for an afternoon's pleasure trip. How the mishap occurred had not been thoroughly explained, fpr one of the women with her had been so severely shocked in consequence of the affair that she had suffered from fits ever since, and had been unable to give any particulars.

THE INQUEST. At the Swansea Hospital on Thureday afternoon Mr. Viner Leeder (Borough Coroner) opened the inquest on the body of Sarah Morgan. Mrs. Clement, who was in the company of deceased, was evidently completely unstrung. In a low voice she managed to get through part of her description, but too rapidly foT the coroner's notes, and then she collapsed, and had to be carried out of the room, the Coroner having just previously remarked that it would be better not to trouble the witness further. The witness was understood to say that her mother-in-law and the deceased went to Langland on Tuesday afternoon and they started back by the cliff route. The deceased wantad to go that way as there would bo less climbing. When we came to where the rocks barred the way Mrs. Morgan went on. I wanted her not to go, but she ss.id she had done it before, and it was tfafe. She started forwta-Td and then I eaw her falling over the cliff with the basket in one hand a.nd her umbrella in the other. I was begging her to come back. I think she was turning to come back when she fell, os she took her hand from the rock she was holding. The witness here quite collapsed on the table, and the coroner advised hor removal. A verdict of "Accidental death" was re- turned.

PASSIVE RESISTERS. IMPORTANT REVISION COURT JUDGMENT. Mr. Sharpe, revising barrister for North-east Lancashire, gave on Monday an important decision affecting passive registers. An owner had neglccted to pay the education rate of 3d. Mr. Sharpe held that only non-payment of the poor-rate disqualified a voter, and not non-payment of the education rate, which was collected with the poor-rate for convenience. Mr. Martin M'Kellan, the Bristol revising barrister, has given his decision respecting a passive resister's claim to vote. He said, in reference to a test case, that the educa- tion rate which had bean withheld was in essence not part of the qualifying poor ra.te, and claimant was entitled to the Parlia- mentary vote, but the disqualifying words we.re different as to the municipal vote. which he disallowed. He thought that it was a matter to be settled by a superior court. MINISTERS STRUCK OFF THE LISTS. At Stonehouse (Gloucestershire) Revision- court on Monday the Rev. —. Lee, Congrega- tional minister, and the Bev. T. Lewis, Baptist minister, were struck off the voters' lists because, as passive registers, they had not paid the educational portion of the Poor- rate.

EXTORTING EVIDENCE. REMARKABLE CHARGE AGAINST A POLICE OFFICER. An inquiry, instituted by the Home Office, was held at Sparkhill, nea-r Birmingham, on Wednesday into an allegation against Superintendent Pitt, of the Worcestershire Constabulary, of extorting evidence by violence. It was alleged that while two youths, named Taylor and Hicks, were awaiting trial on a charge of shopbreaking, they were birched by Pitt in order to compel them to admit their guilt. Owing to the violence used, it was alleged, Hicks made a statement incriminating Taylor. Taylor gave evidence, and said that Pitt ordered a subor- dinate to knock him down. A dismissed con- stable stated that he saw a. lad stripped, and Pitt standing over him. The inquiry was adjourned.

RADICAL RUMPUS AT LLANELLY. THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE DISBANDED. An important development has taken place in the political situation in the Car- marthen Boroughs. The president of the Llanelly Liberal Association has given instruc- tions for ward meetings to be held in the borough for the election of a new party executive. It will be remembered that the old executive decided upon the adoption of Mr. Alfred Davies as candidate for the boroughs at the next election, but that. decision was arrived at previous to the recent disclosures. Since then the feeling has been expressed that the executive did not represent the Liberal party in the town, and now the selection of a candidate will be proceeded with de novo. The old executive has been disbanded, and a new executive will be constituted or a result of the meetings to be held as follow:— Ward No. 1, Moriah Schoolroom, Monday, September 26. Ward No. 2, Ebenezer Chapel, Tuesday, Sep- tember 27. Ward No. 3, Trinity Schoolroom, Friday, September 23. The six members of the famous committee, it is understood, will offer themselves for re- election, but, having regard to the strong expression of feeling made in connection with what transpired when Mr. Alfred Davies last visited Llanelly, it is not likely that they will be elected. Another disturbing element in the situation is to be found in the fact that the Labour party, who are properly organised into the Labour Council, are talking indepen- dent action and have selected Major Jones, a former member for the boroughs ae Labour candidate. There are still three candidates battling for the favours of Llanelly Radicals. Mr. Alfred Davies, the sitting member, having valiantly declared his determination to fight against the world, has nine points of the law in his favour, and his friends, some of whom are candidates for places on the new executive, are still working for him. Major Jones, the Labour candidate, is considered to have a good chance, and Mr. Thomas Terrell, K.C., is favoured by a minority of the old executive. Up to the present there have been no further additions to the list of Radical candidates.

ABERTYSSWG SENSATION. SERIOUS CHARGE AGAINST A COLOURED MAN. At Ebbw Vale Police-court on Thursday a coloured man, named Charles David Williams, 27, described as labourer, of Abertysswg, was brought up in custody charged with unlaw. fully wounding Walter Giles with a. knife at Abertysswg on September 14. Prosecutor was unable to appear, and formal evidence was given by Police-constable Moore, who stated that, having received information respecting a stabbing case, he saw prisoner and charged him with the offence. He replied, "I wish I had murdered him, I did my very best to do so." Giles was suffering from a serious wound in the thigh about seven inches in length. A doctor's certificate was produced to this effect, and prisoner was remanded in cus- tody to the Tredegar Police-court on Tues- day.

CARDIFF STEAMER BOARDED A Lloyd's Gibraltar telegram says that the British steamer Ortona reports having passed a Russian cruiser at five p.m. on Tuesday in latitude 36 N., longitude 8 W., boarding the British steamer Derwen, of Cardiff. The Derwen is owned by the Derwen Steamship Company (Limited), of which Messrs. W. and C. T. Jones are the managers. She was bound for Port Said with a cargo of 6,050 tons of coal. She was chartered by Messrs. Worms and Co., the coal being intended for their depots at Port Said. The owners have received no direct intimation with regard to the stoppage of the vessel. The owners are at a loss to know why the steamer should have been stopped, and one of their representatives when interrogated as to this remarked that he supposed that the vessel had been boarded out of curiosity. The position indicated is half-way between St. Vincent and the Straits of Gibraltar.

DISEASED MEAT CASE. BUTCHER SENTENCED TO SIX MONTHS' IMPRISONMENT. At Clerkenwell, London, on Wednesday Thomas Fisher, 38, butcher, Fishgate-street, pleaded guilty to sending to London, in 1902* cow beef unwholesome and unfit for human consumption, and was sentenced to six months' imprisonment. The meat was seized at Smithfield, where it was discovered to be in a very diseased condition, the animal having died of tuberculosis. A summons was issued, but, accused going to America, it was served only last month, when prisoner, fail- to appear, was arrested.

THE PLYMOUTH MYSTERY. The body of Walter Henry Copp, a. young boots employed at a local hotel, who with a domestic servant, named Fanny Williams, dis- appeared from Plymouth about eleven days ago, was found floating in Plymouth Sound on Tuesday morning. The couple hired a boat, which later was found empty, a note on the seat stating that they had agreed to die together.

BRIDEGROOM CRIES OFF AT THE LAST MOMENT. At the eleventh hour it has been announced that the wedding between Miss Constance Mary Ritchie, the daughter of the Lord Mayor, and Mr. J. A. C. M'Calman, of the Egyptian Irrigation Department, will not bs celebrated. The ceremony was to have taken place at St. Stephen's Church, Walbrook, and the rector, the Rev. C. R. de C. Laffan, M.A., had arranged to officiate. The wedding was to have been as quiet as possible. Only friends of the families con- cerned, together with the members of the cor poration, had been invited. On Saturday evening, however, came a startling announcement. The bridegroom, expected to lunch, did not. according to "Lloyd's News," turn up. Neither telegram nor letter explained his absence. At dinner there was some expectation of seeing him, and the wedding presents were displayed for a family view, in which he and his prospective bride would join. At a quarter j to eight a message was received by the Lord Mayor telling of the determination of the bridegroom to abandon his engagement. The report has been confirmed at the Man- sion House, but the Lord Mayor has declined to supplement it in any way. Mr. M'Calman is stated to have gone to the Continent, but illness of a temporary character is pleaded by come of his friends ae an excuse for his sudden abandonment of the wedding. Miss Constance Ritchie, who is one of seven daughters, has proved a valuable coadjutor to the Lady Mayoress during the ten months spent at the Mansion House. Like all her sisters, she is very charitable, and is greatly beioved by the working classes of Shanklin, where the Lord Mayor has a pretty island home. Asked to explain the broken engagement. Miss Ritchie's brother said: "It is an inscrutable mystery. We have not the remotest idea what has led M'Calman to act as he has done. We neither know his reasons nor his whereabouts. There was certainly nothing of the nature of a quarrel or a dis- pute of any sort. They were the happiest pair imaginable. "My sister is quite prostrated. She has taken to her bed in her distress. The letter M'Cal- man sent breaking off the engagement is in her possession, metaphorically speakinf, under her pillow. M'Calman may change his mind, but my sister will never change hers. She has done with him for ever."

A DAY OF GRIEF. All London's sympathy was on Monday, with the Lord Mayor and his cruelly- wounded daughter. The day, which should have been the happiest in Sir James Ritchie's year of office, was profoundly sad. It was devoted to the melancholy task of undoing the preparations made for the wedding of Miss Constance May Ritchie, whose lover has mysteriously dis- appeared on the eve of marriage. Upetaire in her room, constantly attended by the Lady Mayoress, Miss Ritchie bore u!) with aa effort, while fate was completing the bla.nk in her life. The ordeal of Miss Ritchie reached its aoutest stage at 2.30 on Monday afternoon- the time when she ought to have been stand- ing a happy bride before the altar in St. Stephen's Church, Walbrook. Many sympathisers, friends and strangera, timed their messages of comfort and cheer to arrive at the Mansion House between two and three o'clock, with the kindly idea of supporting the disappointed bride-elect when the weight of her misfortune would be hardest to bear. Fully 300 presents were returned in all direction on Monday. The splendid colleo. tion includes a superb diamond necklace from the Court of Aldermen; from the Court of Common Council, a pair of diamond ear- rings and table silver and cutlery; from tha high officials of the corporation, a. large silver bowl.

THE MISSING BRIDEGROOM. The whereabouts of the man who so mysteriously deserted the daughter of the Lord Mayor of London on the eve of their wedding is still unknown. At Mr. McCalman's house it was stated that his luggage, packed for the honey- moon, was still there, and it is believed that he has not left England. Mr. M'Calman had not even taken steps to save his best man, Mr. T. R. Boxwell. the troauTO of a fruitless journey from Scotland. Thall gentleman only learned on his arrival in London of the dramatic facts of the can- celled marriage. As recently as last Friday the bridegroom and his betrothed went on a shopping expe. dition, as other young couples at a similar period do. Mr. McCalman held a. position in connec- tion with the Zista Barrage on the Nile, and the honeymoon was to have been spent in Cairo; but inquiries reveal the fact that no passage for such a. trip had been booked in London.

WHAT HIS FRIENDS SAY. Mr. McCalman's friends say that he stated his reasons for breaking off the engagement fully, and Mr. McCalman's stepfather asserta that the Lord Mayor and his family know why Mr. McCalman did not carry out his engagement, and they are a.t liberty; to publish these reasons if they please.

FORGER'S COURTSHIP. SWEETHEART USED AS AN AID TO BURGLARY. Love played a strange part as the hand- maid of crime in a case which was tried at the Old Bailey, London, on Wednesday. Three young men, Edward Penley, an eleo- trician; William Davis, a lift attendant; and Arthur Cecil Jerome, a clerk, pleaded guilty to a charge of forgery. The two first-named also admitted that they broke into a. Balham flat, occupied by a Mr. dward Wilson, and btole three cheque forms. The love interest centred round Jerome and Mr. Wilson's niece, Emily, a pretty girl of 22, who lived with her uncle. She made Jerome's acquaintance early in the year. He was the son of respectable parents, and was employed as an accountant in the City. Jeromc's INFLUENCE OVER MISS WILSON became such that last July he was able to find out from her where her uncle kept his cheque-book. It was shortly after this that, while they were walking together on Tooting Bee Common, he took the key of Mr. Wilson's flat from a small chatelaine bag the girl was wearing. Jerome gave the key to Penley and Davis, and while he took Miss Wilson for a walk they entered the flat, broke open a bureau, and stole three cheque forms from the uncle's cheque-book. Forging one of these for Cl57 10s. they shared the money, taking the gir? for a holiday to Broadstairs. The Broadstairs visit was prolonged for some days. Then Jerome got drunk and ill- treated the girl. In consequence she left him. and went off with the other two to Brighton, where the holiday was cut short by the arrival of the police. Jerome was arrested at Brixton. Penley and Davis have been sent to prison by the Common Serjeant for fifteen monthp each, and Jerome for twelve months.

SERVICES IN AN HOTEL. ABERAMAN BAPTISTS SEEK NEW QUARTERS. At a meeting of the Aberdare Education Committee held on Wednesday an applica- tion from the new Baptist canse at Aber- aman for the use of the Aman School to hold religious services there, pending the build- ing of a place of worship, was read. The applicants stated that at present they were obliged to hold their services in the long- room of the new Aberaman Hotel.—The appli- cation was$raated.